SCCA Solo Nationals G-Stock Results

SCCA Solo Nationals started in Topeka Kansas on Tuesday.   The autocross nationals run through Friday, with some classes competing on Tuesday and Wednesday and the remainder competing on Thursday and Friday.  Each class...

SCCA Nationals – H-Stock (Day 1 Results)

The MC’s in H-Stock had their first runs at SCCA Solo Nationals on Thursday.   Each class will run on both the East and West course and the best time each driver has from...

The London Job?

Since the remake of The Italian Job came out in 2003, speculation has been that there would be a sequel, which has to this point been referred to as The Brazilian Job.  Related to this,...

Targa Newfoundland: Leg 1

Targa Newfoundland is underway and Leg 1 has already proven to be eventful for one of the MINIs entered. Several cars were out of the competition after leaving the road and will...

New Clubman Test Mule Photo

Edmunds Inside Line has a new photo of the MINI clubman test mule with one of the rear “barn doors” open.  Keeping in mind that this is a test mule, some noteable features still...

Checkmate Gets Checkmated

The Checkmate Package’s run is nearing an end.  The package will no longer be available starting with September production.  To reflect this, the package was recently removed from the MINIUSA configurator and...

2006 MINI Initial Quality

J.D. Power has released the results of the 2006 Initial Quality Survey. After reviewing the results, it is probably safe to say we won’t be seeing a MINIUSA press release on this...

British International Motor Show

As the British International Motor Show (July 20-30) approaches more details are coming out regarding the MINI display.  The highlights include: – MINI JCW GP serial number GP001  – A reworked MINI Concept 

Crispin in BusinessWeek

MINIUSA’s previous ad agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky is featured in the cover story of the May 22 issue of BusinessWeek.   The article focuses mainly on Crispin’s recent work for Volkswagen of America, but their...